US air strikes against Iran-backed armed groups on the Syrian-Iraqi border killed at least seven fighters overnight into Monday, sparking immediate calls for revenge and fears of a new escalation between Washington and Tehran. The second such raid on pro-Iran targets since US President Joe...

A major military campaign launched Sunday by the Russian-backed 25th Special Tasks Division to track ISIS fighters in the Badia desert.   Sources told Zaman al-Wasl that the 25th Division, led by Brig. Gen Suhail al-Hassan, has mobilised more than 1,500 forces in the...

Despite the announcement of the defeat of the Islamic State (IS), and despite the numerous campaigns launched by all parties in Syria against it, the terrorist group still poses a threat. At the field level, it seems IS cells resumed their activities in the Syrian desert, known as Badiya....

Her eyes glued to a cellphone photo of her sister and four children killed in an Israeli strike on Gaza, Ola lets out the painful words: "I was hoping we'd find them alive." The Gaza City resident in her thirties wipes away tears as she stands before a psychologist from a local organisation....